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Paul McCartney used the alias "Paul Ramone" when he would check into hotels, incognito. Bass guitar player Douglas Colvin (aka Dee Dee Ramone) was a big fan of the Beatles and suggested the name as tribute to Paul McCartney. Submitted by: CrypticWizard

The band took on the name after Paul McCartney's hotel alias but also the band members took on the name as a parody of all those "family" music acts of the time like the Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, Jackson 5, the Osmonds, etc. Did somebody say "Hanson"? ; - ) Submitted by: I Saw The Ramones Live 4 Times!

Tipper what's that sticker doing on my CD? Is that some kind of warning to protect me? Freedom of choice needs a stronger stronger voice ... Ah Tipper come on, don't you think you're getting on? Ask Ozzy, Zappa or me We'll show you what it's like to be free... Hey hey all you senators' wives You need to take a good look at your own lives Before you come preaching to me Your definition of obscenity... Neither the words "censorship" or "censorshit" are used but the lyrics clearly indicate what the subject is and what the Ramones feel about that issue. - Rock Out Censorship

The moment in the streetlightThey're going through a tight wadThe kids'll listen up nowThe Blitzkrieg BopThe pile-on in the back seatThat generates the heatRotate to the back beatThe Blitzkrieg Bop

Original Lyrics:

They're forming in a straight lineThey're going through a tight windThe kids are losing their mindsThe Blitzkrieg BopThey're piling in the back seatThey're generating steam heatPulsating to the back beatThe Blitzkrieg Bop.

It's the end, the end of the Seventies It's the end, the end of the century

Why They're Dated:

Both the end of the '70s and the end of the century are now past. Actually the end of the '70s had passed by when the album End of the Century came out in 1980, though I guess you could sort of argue that the beginning of the '80s was the end of the '70s (s--t--r--e--t---c----h).

Submitted by: fudu

"Rock 'n' Roll High School"

The Dated Lyrics:

I don't care about history

Why They're Dated:

This was fine at the time, but the Ramones are now part of music history, which is why a lot of their current fans began listening to them in the first place.

Do you remember Hullabaloo, Upbeat, Shindig and Ed Sullivan too? . Do you remember rock 'n roll radio? Do you remember rock' n roll radio? Do you remember Murray the K, Alan Freed, and high energy? Its the end, the end of the 70s. Its the end, the end of the century. Do you remember lying in bed With your covers pulled up over your head? Radio playin so one can see. We need change, we need it fast, Before rock's just part of the past. Cause lately it all sounds the same to me. Oh-oh. will you remember Jerry Lee, John Lennon, T. Rex and ol Moulty? Its the end, the end of the 70s. Its the end, the end of the century.

Who They Mention:

Hullabaloo, Upbeat and Shindig were pop music showcase t.v. shows in the 1960s. Ed Sullivan was the host of The Ed Sullivan Show, a multi-genre t.v. variety show that ran 1948-1971, hosted, unsurprisingly, by Ed Sullivan. Because of the breadth of genres it presented, it was important in bringing rock 'n roll into wide public awareness. Murray the K. was a radio dj in New York City in the 1960s who promoted rock 'n roll & pioneered FM rock 'n roll radio. Alan Freed was a radio dj in 1950s credited with inventing the term "rock and roll" to describe a genre of music & with promoting the genre & black musicians across racial lines, first in Cleveland then in New York. Jerry Lee refers to Jerry Lee Lewis, early rock 'n roller ("Great Balls of Fire"), John Lennon was a member of the Beatles, T. Rex was a British band with great success in the early 1970s later seen by some as a precursor to punk & New Wave, Moulty was the one-armed drummer of the band The Barbarians, whose most famous song was called -- wait for it, --- ----- "Moulty." Moulty may be an indirect reference to music producer and Patti Smith bassist / collaborator Lenny Kaye, whose 1972 compilation album "Nuggets," recovering early psychedelic rock 'n roll "garage band" music, often distributed regionally more than nationally, was an influence on the punk rock rebellion against "progressive rock" and over-produced California music; "Moulty" was on "Nuggets." Kaye was active in the scene around CBGB in New York that launched the Ramones.

My baby left for a holiday She said she was heading to LA .... She never got there, she never got there, she never got there they say The KKK took my baby away. They took her away, away from me * REPEAT 3X* Hey! Ho! Hey! Ho!

Why:

There's so many uses of the phonetic "A" sound here! Also note the "Hey! Ho!"s, referring to another Ramones gem, "Blitzkrieg Bop".

In the early 70s Jeff Hyman was in the NYC glam/protopunk band SNIPER. He was the singer and his stage name was "Jeff Starship". Not "Jefferson Starship" but just using his real first name. He left the band in early 1974 and became "Joey Ramone" of the legendary first punk rock band, the RAMONES.

On the last Ramones stereo album "Adios Amigos!" (rel. 1995) you need to wait a few minutes after the last listed track "To Live And Die In Berlin" and as a "continuation" the classic punk band's version of the "Spiderman" theme comes on. On the 1996 "Greatest Hits Live" release that song is listed and is its "own" track. Either way it's done the Ramones way which means that it's campy and brilliant.

Submitted by: I Saw The 1994 Annular Solar Eclipse

"Carbona Not Glue"

On the 1992 "Loco Live" album right after "Pet Sematary" there is an unlisted track. The only way you will get to hear it will be to keep the disc playing. Better yet just play the whole CD in one setting. "Carbona" comes right after "Pet". You can't set the player to play "Carbona" alone. It's "Pet Sematary" then "Carbona Not Glue" consecutively. That's the only way to get it.

Joey Ramone died of lymph cancer one day shy of his 50th birthday in the spring of 2001. Dee Dee Ramone died from too much H in 2002. Johnny Ramone succumbed to prostrate cancer in the summer of 2004. Tommy, Richie, Elvis, C.J. and Marky are still living.

Submitted by: I Saw the Ramones Live 4X!

"first punk band"

they were bored with what the radio was playing. They wanted to bring the fun back to rock'n'roll. They took the sounds of hard rock, glam, the 3-chord guitar arrangements pioneered by CCR, Roxy Music, New York Dolls and more. They wore the rebellious look of leather jackets, T-shirts, ripped jeans, tennis shoes and the longest hair. Johnny Ramone's hairdo was a warped version of the Beatles "mop top". The term "punk rock" was thrown about by critics like Dave Marsh in the early 70s and the Ramones are considered to be the first punk rock band.

Submitted by: I Saw the Ramones Live 4X!

"Freedom Of Expression"

When I first saw the Ramones in August 1990, Joey Ramone gave a brief between song introduction by saying that "There's a pretty big problem plaguing America today. It's called "censorship", and we are The Ramones and we believe in total artistic freedom and freedom of expression. Being that we are considered to be the first punk rock band, we say, "FUCK THE PMRC!!!!". They let their stance be clear a few years later with their song "Censorshit", which ironically doesn't have the title word or any cuss words in the lyrics.